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Originally Posted by ksafin
OK.
Say we obtain a sponsor that can do various fabrication, waterjet cutting, CNC machining, etc.
At that point I have another question. Our team organization is based around the fact that everyone works with what we have and is contributing to an assembly.
With most of the design/assembly itself being done in CAD and then sent off, what does the mechanical team do? In essence, if the drivetrain is being made in CAD and made my a sponsor, what does the actual mechanical team do while the design team is CADing it and sending it off?
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Nobody ever said you NEED to use these places. The fact is that these resources are out there for when your team decides to transition into it and create more advanced designs that require precision fabrication. I posted this to simply show you that machining sponsors are easy to get.
Even if you do send parts out, you don't have to send out everything to get cut by a sponsor. Getting brackets cut by a sponsor or in-house is up to you.